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Bart Duesler (The_bart)
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Username: The_bart
Post Number: 378
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 12:21 am: | |
Nice. |
Dan Gordon (Ferruccio)
Member
Username: Ferruccio
Post Number: 252
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 12:00 am: | |
nearly 7000 pure quaility posts. LOL |
DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member
Username: Sickspeed
Post Number: 6907
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 11:54 pm: | |
Top. |
DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member
Username: Sickspeed
Post Number: 6822
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, October 03, 2003 - 9:49 am: | |
Bump. |
Marcus Mayeux (Mmayeux73)
Member
Username: Mmayeux73
Post Number: 594
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 10:23 am: | |
I could only imagine the smile on her face!
Very generous of you! |
Michael Basic (Sensational1)
New member
Username: Sensational1
Post Number: 25
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 10:03 am: | |
What a great story. I even feel better personally when I hear stories like this. Hats off to fanatic and everyone else! |
Ken Sullender (Sulley)
Junior Member
Username: Sulley
Post Number: 84
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 9:47 am: | |
Just sent a few photos in the mail, great story, hope she enjoys them. |
Jim E (Jimpo1)
Advanced Member
Username: Jimpo1
Post Number: 2647
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 9:29 am: | |
Fan, you should print out some of the pics from the USGP and send them to her. Some of the Fchat guys got some great shots, check their threads. |
Dr. Erik Nielsen (Judge4re)
Junior Member
Username: Judge4re
Post Number: 211
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 12:29 am: | |
Shameless plug:
Be sure to tell her to subscribe to velocetoday.com, its free.
Regards,
Erik
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Jay Grande (Jay)
Intermediate Member
Username: Jay
Post Number: 1522
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 2:15 pm: | |
fanatic, some stuff is in the mail! |
Steve B (Sjb509)
New member
Username: Sjb509
Post Number: 26
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 1:18 pm: | |
Don't be surprised at the level of knowledge she has about Schumacher, as was posted earlier it sounds like she shows symptoms of Savant Syndrome (aka "Rain Man"). An acquaintance of mine has a brother with this, he can tell you what the Top40 countdown for music singles going back for over 40 years. Every week, every song, who sang it, wrote it, etc. Truly amazing. If she is a big fan of Ferrari racing, she can probably tell you what place Albero Ascari finished in every race in his career.
Very kind of you to spend so much time with her. She will probably talk about for years. |
Steven Scates MD (Smsmd)
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Username: Smsmd
Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 12:13 pm: | |
Great story. I have a 7 yo son with mild autism and can identify with the special abilities and difficulties you described. I would be glad to send her a picture, through you if you feel this is safest for her. |
N'din (Abangdin)
Junior Member
Username: Abangdin
Post Number: 83
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 2:42 am: | |
You're a good man, Rick.
I love your story.
I have a photo of my car with Michael posing beside it. I will be glad to e-mail to you, if you cam PM me your email address. |
Rick (Bromers)
New member
Username: Bromers
Post Number: 20
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 1:26 am: | |
I can send some pics from the wet, rainy, cloudy & cold UK. |
Thomas I (Wax)
Member
Username: Wax
Post Number: 425
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 1:19 am: | |
There is no greater joy than the sense of purpose of life itself becoming crystalline in it's all it's clarity when fate intervenes. |
BILL CHIUSANO (My355)
Junior Member
Username: My355
Post Number: 213
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 12:23 am: | |
Things like that usually come to me when
I'm have "perspective" challenging days.
That'll always snap me right out of it.
Nice story. I have a similar one maybe one day I'll post it.
PS.........Yes DO see "THE CUBE" I loved it for some reason.They came out w/ another on "HYPERCUBE" but not as good as the original.
Wierd that a no name film could be done this well ,not Forest Gump/Saving Private Ryan but a very good movie. |
Eric Stringer (Vette79)
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Username: Vette79
Post Number: 23
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 8:37 pm: | |
fantastic story! im sure you have made someones life a lot more enjoyable! just as an FYI, Ben and james hit the nail on the head. an autistic person, which is what this girl was according to fanatic, has a "lopsided" range of talents so to speak. most that are afflicted with autism happen to have all of their natural talent focused on one particular skill. autism is a mysterious affliction if you can call it that. many with autism cannot brush their own teeth or tie their own shoes and certainly cannot cook... however they have a certain skill(s), usually of the mind or of the arts that they can do so well it defies modern science. one of the best pianists in the world can play a painstakingly complex bach concerto, close to eight minutes long, just from hearing a record of it ONCE. and get every note exactly on cue. this certain pianist is autistic. there are also autistic people that can hardly understand directions, however they can perform mindlblowingly difficult mathmatic equations in their head in a matter of seconds that would take a college level major in mathmatics over 20 minutes with a calculator to perform. it is very possible to say that this certain girl has her "skill" or talent focused on memory , or more specific memory of schumacher and everything about him. most likely anything and everything she has ever seen about him including pictures and videos are permanently embedded in her mind, and she would be able to run circles around most likely everyone on this board with her knowledge of him. if any of you have ever seen the sci fi movie "the cube," you will notice that the main character and the savior of all the others is autistic. by the way, if any of you enjoy vastly bizarre conspiracy movies, go rent "the cube." |
Chris Horner (Cmhorner17)
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Username: Cmhorner17
Post Number: 321
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 8:22 pm: | |
Fanatic,
Awesome story!! Good for you for taking the time talking with the young lady. |
Ben Cannon (Artherd)
Member
Username: Artherd
Post Number: 982
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 7:19 pm: | |
Fanatic- this is incredible, what a joy! Incredibly classy and cool of ALL of you who have contributed. This just warms my heart, on behalf of Ferrari fans everywhere, THANK YOU!
PS: I doubt you were kidding when you said she knew "everything" about Schui... She probally did. Literally. The so-called 'disabled' are amazing sometimes. |
Jay Grande (Jay)
Intermediate Member
Username: Jay
Post Number: 1519
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 6:30 pm: | |
fanatic, please send me your address. I have Ferrari restoration decals and lots of pictures I will donate. I almost didn't read this thread because of the title, but I'm glad I did. |
James Selevan (Jselevan)
Member
Username: Jselevan
Post Number: 749
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 12:45 pm: | |
From your description, this young women likely has a variant of savant syndrome.
Jim S. |
fanatic (Fanatic1)
Member
Username: Fanatic1
Post Number: 497
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 12:11 pm: | |
Guys, thanks for the emails I have recieved.......I highly doubt that she has e mail, I think her challenges wouldn't allow her to use a keyboard or communicate as freely as we do..........It's amazing after writing this, how much I / most people take for granted.........even being able to type and read, and comprehend........amazing |
Jonas Petersen (Karsten335)
Member
Username: Karsten335
Post Number: 596
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 11:59 am: | |
If she has Internet, get her on her.
Very noble of you. ••••••• cool of you 2 robert. |
Amir (Amir)
Junior Member
Username: Amir
Post Number: 133
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 10:24 am: | |
Richard,
words fail me. That is such a nice gesture.
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Robert W. Garven Jr. (Robertgarven)
Member
Username: Robertgarven
Post Number: 323
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 10:22 am: | |
I cant believe you didn't give her a ride?
Send me your address and I will send you an autographed photo of Enzo like the one I have on ebay right now
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&category=6755&item=2435284935 |
Amir (Amir)
Junior Member
Username: Amir
Post Number: 132
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 10:21 am: | |
Nice story, fanatic. And very nice of you.
Maybe you could inquire whether she has internet access? Then we could really open the floodgates with pics, URLs, etc. |
DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member
Username: Sickspeed
Post Number: 6734
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 10:09 am: | |
quote:I'll do a subscribtion to Stacy.
This thread just gets better and better... |
Richard W. Barclay (Noesis)
New member
Username: Noesis
Post Number: 3
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 10:07 am: | |
(FANATIC) Noble,, Vary Noble.
If I send you my sub. form would you fill it out and send it in to FORZA for me? I'll do a subscribtion to Stacy. Email me.
I think that what you did in those few miniutes repaid the debt of a lot of poeple that missed a opportunity to be kind.
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fanatic (Fanatic1)
Member
Username: Fanatic1
Post Number: 496
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 9:56 am: | |
That's true......if anyone would like my address, please let me know, and I'd be happy to forward them.......but I did let the girls mother know that I was gonna tell some friends that have these cars to send stacy some pictures.....she was very pleased.......I'm not too worried about it.........unless we just start bombarding her....but 10 or 15 photo's / mailings.....that'll get her excited. |
Jun Roxas (Jun)
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Username: Jun
Post Number: 7
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 9:54 am: | |
Fantatic1, you are a true credit to, not only Ferrari owners, but to good people. I will email some pics of my past Ferraris (I'm currently lookiing for my next) |
Anthony R. Jacobazzi (Ajacobazzi)
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Username: Ajacobazzi
Post Number: 35
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 9:38 am: | |
VERY, VERY COOL!!! That was probably the highlight of her year. When you least expect it, some dreams do come true. |
DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member
Username: Sickspeed
Post Number: 6728
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 8:59 am: | |
Michael, not a bad idea... Some discretion should be exercised concerning the doling of this girl's address... |
Michael Vaughan (Vanimal)
Junior Member
Username: Vanimal
Post Number: 80
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 8:53 am: | |
Fantastic guys, BUT, being a realist, be very careful not to hand out the address to anyone as we would not want the young lady feeling stalked or threatened. Perhaps if we all sent our pictures to Fanatic and he sends them on our behalf it would be better.
Just my 2p worth.
But hats of to you man. |
DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member
Username: Sickspeed
Post Number: 6723
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 8:21 am: | |
Hey, Fanatic... This is really touching... i think it's very cool that you took some time out to spend with an enthusiast... Very commendable... i have some photographs hanging on my wall from a NJ tech session; i'd love it if you sent me her address so i could mail her some pictures... This is an awesome thread...
[email protected] |
Troy Watts (Troy_watts)
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Username: Troy_watts
Post Number: 17
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 8:06 am: | |
Your a true gentleman Mr.Fanatic. |
Ron Thomas (Ronsupercar)
Intermediate Member
Username: Ronsupercar
Post Number: 1072
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 7:59 am: | |
Fanatic,
That was extremely noble of you.. That's a great story.
Who the hell says Ferrari owners are stuck up. |
fanatic (Fanatic1)
Member
Username: Fanatic1
Post Number: 494
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 6:31 am: | |
Okay,let me try and say this with description, but not get too long winded.
Last evening was beautiful!!!! The air was crip and the sun was shining. I decided to take my car out for a little country ride. I go down 70W for a little while, and I get on some country roads and decide to stop at a little mom and pop place called Mike and Rosa's.......I mean this place is TINY....little barn type building with a couple of picnic tables and a cooler full of cokes. Of course everybody stares as I pull up in a red Ferrari, but that's cool.....
I go inside to order, and in the corner is this very LARGE woman, looked to be about 50 and she was sitting with a girl, about 19 who was obviously "mentally challenged". I don't want to offend anyone, I'm just trying to paint a good mental picture....you know when you can just look at someone, and you know they are mentally handicaped...she was like that........maybe downs syndrome, maybe not....she could definately function, but well........you know.......
Anyway, as the younger girl gets up, she turns and I notice she is wearing a red T shirt with the words FERRARI across the front......( a really cheap knock off version of a real Ferrari shirt).....She looked at me, and smiled, as people do when your eyes meet, and my eyes lit up when I saw her shirt. I was just feeling friendly, and as I stated, she was "challenged" so I said " So you like Ferrari's huh....I'm glad you're a fan." She got really excited and started talking "a little incoherently about how much she loved Ferrari's"....her mom, being protective was kind of eyeing me.. but I gave her a reassuring look. I'm fairly young, and I'm not an imposing figure, so her mom just sat there. I said to the girl, I have a Ferrari outside, would you like to see it?....No kidding, the girl started to cry, and ran back to her mom......I was horrified, So I gently went over and said, to both of them, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything, I just thought she might like to see a real car........." Okay I'll try to shorten this up a bit..........to make a long story short. The girl had thought I was teasing her, so I took her mom and her outside, and the girl nearly fainted. No kidding. Nearly fainted. I let her sit in it, and showed her the engine, her mom warmed up a bit, and told me that her daughter had been obsessed with Ferrari since she was 5....her mother doesn't know where she got it from, but the girl (staty) had always loved and followed formula 1 racing and knew everything about it.........I WAS FLOORED.....I mean guys I was in HICK TOWN!! URBANA Ohio, and here I am with this mother and retarded girl, and the retarded girl was a Ferrari Fan.....So I look at stacy, and I say, Oh you like racing.......Then the flood gates opened.......I was "stuck" talking to her for 45 minutes......GUYS, SHE KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT MICHAEL SCHUMACHER!!!! I mean everything!! Stats, races, wins, losses, height, weight, eating habits, training regimen...EVERYTHING!! I was floored.....couldn't believe it. Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera, and there was NOWHERE nearby, or else I would have bought a disposable....I have this girls name and address. I am gonna stick a couple of photographs in and envelope, just invest 35 cents and mail her a couple pictures......the chance of this girl ever seeing a real ferrari again, is slim and none, and the chance of her ever having real pictures of one is even slimmer.......
I don't know her, and I'll never see her again. I'm not comfortable putting her address out here, but please feel free to Private Mail me and I'll give it to you.........here's what I propose, We all took 3 rolls of film of our cars......if you have some old pictures in the kitchen junk drawer, drop them in an evelope and mail them to this girl.......wouldn't that be cool, for her to get mail, with pictures of real cars.........I have her address, I wouldn't recomend putting a return address on your envelope, I'm just sending 2 pictures, with a little note, "Glad to meet a fan".......no return address, no last name......anyway, wouldn't it be cool to send this girl pictures of real ferrari's from all over the United States.......I just think it'd be awesome!!!
Nothing fancy, takes no time, put 1 or 2 pictures in an evelope, and just put it in your mailbox for pick up........Anyway, I thought it'd be cool, PM me if you'd like the address........
It turns out her name is Stacy, she is Autistic, and she is 20.........but she knows EVERYTHING about Schumacher.............it was amazing!!
Sorry this is so long. |